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Neste launches Neste MY Renewable Diesel made 100% from waste and residues in Finland; initial customers

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Neste recently launched a renewable diesel made entirely from waste and residues under the brand name Neste MY Renewable Diesel at select service stations in the Helsinki region today, 9 January 2017. The campaign encouraged people to bring the waste fat from their roast ham to be used as raw material for renewable diesel.

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Neste to begin selling 100% renewable diesel in Finland

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The majority of the renewable raw materials the company uses to refine the product, consists of waste and residues. Neste’s proprietary NEXBTL technology makes it possible to produce top-quality renewable diesel and other renewable products out of waste and residue materials and vegetable oils.

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Transphorm closes $25 Million in Series D funding

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a private investment fund managed by Soros Fund Management LLC, and existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, Foundation Capital and Lux Capital. GaN (gallium nitride) power electronics provider Transphorm Inc. This brings the total capital raised from all rounds to $63 million.

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GaN company Transphorm raises $35M; Japanese firms lead round; business alliance for commercialization

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Today’s strategic financing, coupled with the earlier investments, enables scaling of this disruptive technology and helps eliminate energy waste in multiple markets from servers to solar panels, from HVACs to hybrids. GaN (Gallium nitride) power conversion company Transphorm Inc. —Umesh Mishra, CEO of Transphorm.

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Neste rebranding its renewable diesel fuel: “Neste MY Renewable Diesel”

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Production of Neste MY Renewable Diesel is based on Neste’s proprietary NEXBTL technology which can be used for producing premium-quality renewable diesel and other renewable products from almost any waste fat or vegetable oil. Companies such as Google and UPS have also been reducing their carbon footprint with Neste MY Renewable Diesel.

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The Who, Where, and How of Regulating AI

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Congress in written testimony that “OpenAI believes that regulation of AI is essential.” Meanwhile, Sundar Pichai , CEO of Google and its parent company, Alphabet, said recently that there will need to be “ global frameworks ” governing the use of AI. OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman , recently told the U.S.

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USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

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In addition to USDA’s contribution, Cool Planet has attracted private investments from numerous companies, including Google Ventures; BP; ConocoPhillips; GE; Exelon; and NRG Energy. Congress reauthorized and extended the program in the 2014 Farm Bill. Cool Planet will be contributing $50 million in equity to the project.